I am currently writing a fantasy story in which the princess of an Egyptian-style civilization is trying to sneak out of her palace, but the front door has guards in front of it. Did Egyptian palaces and other homes have back doors that people could sneak through? If not, how would she escape?_________________My DeviantArt page

Despite the common name “harem” we use to appoint the “women’s quarters” in A.E. palaces and estates they were nothing like what we think about the classical harem we know from e.g. the Arabs. They were separate places within the compounds of palaces and estates, but not intended to keep women in, the guards at the door were merely there to keep (uninvited) men out. They had backdoors, side-doors, servants entrances…plenty of possibilities for the women to get out unseen when they really wanted to. Let’s also not forget that the status of women in A.E. was much higher and liberal in A.E. those days, compared to other countries, like Greece.

I read quite some A.E. related roman’s, and It’s always funny to read how desperate princesses are trying to escape their “golden cage”. Sorry guys, it makes nice story’s, but belongs rather to other cultures than A.E._________________